/*
 * Copyright 2009 - sanatkumar.padhy
 * 
 *  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 *  you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 *  You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *  
 *  	http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *  
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 *  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and 
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 */
package com.googlecode.simplecrud.annotations;

import static java.lang.annotation.ElementType.FIELD;
import static java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME;

import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
import java.lang.annotation.Target;

/**
 * Used with fields to indicate that it needs a conversion during DB to
 * persistence object population and viceversa.
 * 
 * @author sanatkumar.padhy
 */
@Retention(RUNTIME)
@Target( { FIELD })
public @interface TypeConverter
{
	/**
	 * Fully qualified class name of the converter
	 * 
	 * @return <code>String</code>
	 */
	String type() default "";
}
